Ash from Shinmoe-dake Volcano loops around the Japanese city of Miyazaki.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
Ash from Grímsvötn spread over the North Sea on May 24, 2011, canceling several hundred flights in Scotland and Scandinavia.
Atmosphere Volcanoes
Volcanoes
Batu Tara erupted ash over 2,000 meters high on March 15, 2010.
Acquired July 3, 2011, this natural-color image shows a plume from Soputan Volcano on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Low-level winds lifted ash lying on and around the volcano after its recent eruption.
A concentrated plume of ash from Eyjafjallajökull Volcano rises over a more diffuse cloud of ash, casting a dark shadow on the lower-altitude cloud.
Ash clouds above Tungurahua Volcano reached altitudes of 37,000 feet (11,000) meters on April 30, 2011.
Land Volcanoes
On the morning of January 26, 2011, Shinmoe-dake, a volcano on Japan’s Kyushu island, erupted spectacularly.